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"AH!"

"Emily!"

Kevin barely had the time to react as Emily was thrown right into him and the two of them hit the ground. This wasn't the first time today Emily found herself flying through the air, but this was the first time someone made an attempt to catch her, even if it was accidental.

"Sorry, Kevin," Emily coughed as she rolled off her Ranger brother and then felt herself being pulled back up to her feet by Jayden. Kevin shook his head while Mia helped him sit up.

"It's not your fault, Em."

"You're not making much progress on opning that box, I see," Mentor Ji sighed as he walked out into the yard with Mike and Antonio in tow.

"Any new information on the box, Mentor?" Jayden asked while brushing the dirt off Emily's shoulder. "If we keep trying to open it this way, Emily might fly over the roof of the house."

"And we all know how much you hate flying," Mia laughed.

"Flying's fine," Emily grunted. She walked over to the box her mother had given her and picked it up off the ground. She glared at it, "It's the landing part that I don't like."

"Let's get you washed up," Mike said, taking Emily by the arm and pulling her back into the house. She had cuts and scratches from hitting the ground over and over again and it was best they clean out the dirt before she got an infection. Emily also used this as an excuse to take a break. She tried using symbol after symbol to open the box, which was a draining task on its own, but that was only made worse every time the box sent her symbols right back at her, which was the reason she went flying.

When Mike and Emily were gone Mia looked to Mentor Ji.

"We're not even sure the Earth Stone's inside that box," she said. "The box has her Earth symbol, so we know this isn't a waste of time, but…"

"We all share your concerns, Mia," Mentor Ji nodded his head. "But we must get that box open."

"At least I'm not the only person having trouble with a box," Antonio muttered. "I feel really stupid when I think about it. Who can't open a box?"

"With any luck, the Earth Stone is being kept inside the box for safe keeping," Jayden said. "Our stones were almost all guarded by something. The Wind Stone was up in the mountains where no one would ever think to look, never mind attempt to reach."

"For obvious reasons," Mia looked down at her cast with a sigh.

"My Fire Stone was inside an active volcano. Only morons would go after it."

"I would be offended," Antonio glared at his leader, "but seeing as you went after it too, I'm only half insulted."

"And Mike mentioned getting past a bear to get the Forest Stone," Kevin said.

"A bear with a Samurai Symbol on its paw," Mia nodded. "What's up with that?"

"It seems Mike's ancestor thought it was best to have something actively guarding the Forest Stone," Mentor said. "How many people would wrestle with a bear just for a rock when there are plenty more in the forest?"

"I repeat: only a moron," Jayden chuckled.

"Emily's ancestor must have thought it best to lock the Earth Stone inside a symbol-bound box," Mentor answered. "I will probably take a lot of symbol power to open up the box."

"Power Emily doesn't seem to have," Kevin mumbled before he was smacked hard in the chest by Mia's good arm. He looked to his fiancée, "What? I wasn't insulting her! I was just stating facts."

"Instead of stating facts maybe you should focus on helping her," Mentor Ji suggested. "Kevin is right, no matter how much progress Emily is making, she will always be a few years behind you four other Rangers, especially if we leave her to train with Mike."

"The second least experienced," Jayden said as he slowly caught on to what Mentor Ji was trying to hint at. The older man nodded his head.

"I think, once again, it is time we switch partners," Mentor said. "Antonio will continue to work on the box, but when he does attend training he will be working with Kevin."

"I guess I was looking at getting a new training partner regardless," Kevin shrugged. While in her cast, Mia was going to be unable to train for a couple of weeks, leaving Kevin without a partner. She could still practice her symbols but couldn't help anyone in sword training or unarmed combat. There was too much of a risk of her getting hurt.

"Mike will be training with Jayden," Mentor Ji turned to the red Ranger, "I'm sure he'll be able to learn a few new things from you."

"I'll probably be learning a lot as well," Jayden replied. "I haven't had much chance to train with Mike. This might be interesting."

"Hold on," Antonio frowned. "If I'm Kevin's partner and Mike is Jayden's… Mia's unable to train so where does that leave Emily?"

"Until she gets the box open I will keep my eye on Emily."

"Kevin and Antonio?" Mia asked, "Mike and Jayden and Emily and Mentor Ji?" Mia leaned back into Kevin and a smirk appeared on her lips, "Maybe this was a good time to break my wrist. This should be entertaining."

Before anyone could respond, the sound of something crashing was heard from inside the house, following by Emily shouting and a thump. Mentor Ji and Jayden turned to the house curiously while Antonio, Kevin and Mia chuckled.

"Sounds like she tried to smash the box open again," Antonio said.

The Rangers made their way into the house to see what kind of damage Emily had done to herself and her surroundings this time. There was a loud groan from Mentor Ji when he saw a giant boulder in the middle of the common room. It was sitting right on top of the small box Emily was trying to open. Over in the corner, Mike was taking several steps away from the boulder and on the other side of the room Emily sat on her stool, her arms and legs crossed and a pout on her face.

"Stupid thing doesn't break," she muttered when she saw the other Rangers were in the room.

"I tried to tell her it wasn't going to work," Mike said. "For once, this isn't my fault."

"How are we going to get this boulder out of here?" Kevin asked.

Mentor Ji rubbed his temples, "As of today, no more casting symbols inside the house."

"Except for the one that'll get this rock out of here," Jayden turned to Emily. She caught his look and sighed. Leaning forward, she picked up her Samuraizer from the ground. She traced a symbol and suddenly the boulder was gone.

Mentor Ji walked over to the Earth box now that it was no longer pinned. He picked it up and tucked it in his kimono. He looked to Emily and gestured for her to follow him. The frustrated Emily huffed but did as she was told; hoping Mentor would be able to help her get the box open.

Mike chuckled when the two were gone and her saw the looks the other Rangers wore on their face after seeing the boulder in the room.

"If you think this is bad you should see the state of the barn after the earthquake," he said.

"What barn?" Jayden asked.

"Emily and I found the box in a barn out in the country," Mike shrugged. "When we couldn't open it manually she tried a symbol and accidentally caused a localized earthquake. The poor barn didn't stand a chance."

"No one stands a chance when Emily's got that Samuraizer in her hands," Mia said. "Whose bright idea was it to give her the earth powers?"

"Serena's," Kevin chuckled. He then pointed to Jayden, "Hey, it's better than her controlling fire. Imagine if that boulder had been a flame."

"She'll get the box open," Jayden said with certainty. He trusted his teammates would always find a solution to their problems, and now that Mentor was helping Emily with her symbol power he was sure she would figure out the box. "That's all that matters."

"Hopefully she opened it before I need her Stone," Antonio said. "I'm almost done programming Kevin's so it shouldn't be long."